Technical Solutions | Z 7II/Z 6II TIPS

Before composing shots and requesting your subjects to take their places, tell them the sort of pictures and poses you have in mind. Communication is the key.

• Small (point) light sources create sharp, deep shadows. For softer shadows like those often seen in women's portraits, make the lighting more diffuse by adding ceiling lighting or adjusting flash units to bounce light off the ceiling.
• If you're renting a studio, it might be a good idea to bring along diffusers or other light-diffusing accessories.

• Color temperature can be viewed in the playback photo info display.
• Low color temperatures add a bluer, "cold" cast while higher values make pictures redder.
• Shift white balance toward magenta (M) to reduce green casts or toward green (G) when faced with unnatural-looking reds.

Now on to the main event: taking the actual pictures.

• Useful techniques for portrait and wedding photographs can be found under "Shooting Techniques"(see this section).
• Remember to take test shots and check the results after changing locations or composition (see this section).

To preserve details in highlights or in light-colored objects (such as white wedding dresses), select [Highlight-weighted metering].

If conditions are making it hard for your model not to blink, try shooting bursts with [Continuous L] or [Continuous H] selected for release mode and picking the best shots.

If your subjects are at different distances from the camera (as may be the case, for example, when you're photographing the newlyweds together in profile), try stopping aperture down to increase depth of field.